"We tried hard on Breaking Bad to not be too specific to when it was, but now we kind of have to be. I hesitate to say it, but it is indeed a period piece. It feels like yesterday, but it was 12 years ago," Gilligan said during the Television Critics Association winter press tour.

Bob Odenkirk will reprise his role as ethically flexible attorney. He'll be joined by Michael McKean, who'll play his brother, as well as Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando.